Editing August 29 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[708]] &ndash; [[Wadōkaichin|Copper coins]] are minted in [[Japan]] for the first time (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 10, 708).
* [[870]] &ndash; The city of [[Melite (ancient city)|Melite]] surrenders to an [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] army [[Siege of Melite (870)|following a siege]], putting an end to [[Byzantine Malta]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Luttrell | first = Anthony | title = Medieval Malta : studies on Malta before the Knights | publisher = The British School at Rome | location = London | year = 1975 | isbn = 9780904152029 | page=83}}</ref>
*[[1009]] &ndash; [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]].
*[[1219]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Fariskur (1219)|Battle of Fariskur]] occurs during the [[Fifth Crusade]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Marvin |first=Laurence W. |title=The Battle of Fariskur (29 August 1219) and the Fifth Crusade: Causes, Course, and Consequences |journal=Journal of Military History |year=2021 |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=597–618}}</ref>
*[[1261]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban IV]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander IV]], becoming the 182nd pope.
*[[1315]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuola]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bowsky | first = William | title = A medieval Italian commune : Siena under the Nine, 1287–1355 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780520042568 | page=167}}</ref>
*[[1350]] &ndash; [[Battle of Winchelsea]] (or [[Les Espagnols sur Mer]]): The [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[naval fleet]] under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 ships.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Neillands|title=The Hundred Years War|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781134507405|year=2002|page=114}}</ref>
*[[1475]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between  the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of France|France]] and England.
*[[1484]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]].
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to depart [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and return to the [[Kingdom of Portugal]].
*[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]] (Belgrade).
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mohács]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].
*[[1541]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Buda]], the capital of the [[Hungarian Kingdom]].
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] issues a nationwide [[sword hunt|sword hunting ordinance]], disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the ''[[samurai]]'' and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2005 |title=荻野研究室収集文書 |url=https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724202815/https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |archive-date=24 July 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Waseda University Library}} For date conversion, see {{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Peiyu |title=三千五百年历日天象 |publisher=Elephant Press |year=1997 |language=zh}}</ref>